08-07-2006, 09:55 PM
Quote:Could this be the base of an oxybeles, gastrafetes or ballista?
It's almost certainly a millstone, Spyro. The garrison would have needed some means of grinding their grain ration.
You can see another one on the floor in your other photo:
[url:3sgsjn2n]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e238/Spyros74/Aigosthena/P1290299.jpg[/url]
The two stones may actually be a pair, with the lower one fixed on the floor. That may be why it's cemented into place. (Unless it was modern consolidation work.)
(btw I'm 100% sure that an ancient catapult would not have required this kind of base!)
